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The plaza where the 35th president was shot has become America’s altar to the conspiracy theory Obsession with assassination of JFK has not waned 50 years later

The plaza where the 35th president was shot has become America’s altar to the conspiracy theory

Demonstrators shout Islamic slogans as they wave Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul yesterday. The sign reads: “Being silent means to be take part in the crime of Baath.” Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference

US and Russian foreign ministers to meet privately in Paris

An Orthodox Christian activist clashes with gay rights activists as they take part in a march across Kiev today. Photography: Reuters/Gleb Garanich Ukraine's first gay march held under police protection

Activists march for about 250 metres with police guard

Relatives of seventeen children who died after a gas cylinder exploded on a school bus, mourn over their coffins, on the outskirts of Gujrat. Photograph: Mohsin Raza Pakistan bus fire kills 16 schoolchildren

Teacher among dead after gas cyclinder explodes

Members of the community look at floral tributes close to the scene where Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images MI5 ‘offered job to Woolwich suspect’
  • UK
  • May 25, 2013, 10:05

Report on brutal killing of Drummer Lee Rigby to be handed to inquiry next week

A passerby checks out burn cars in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fifth consecutive night. Fifth night of Stockholm rioting as US and UK issue travel warnings

Youths across several suburbs of Stockholm rioted on Thursday, the fifth consecutive night of disturbances in the Swedish capital.

Franco-Greek singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki plays the piano at his home in Paris in 2008. Photograph: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Golden era of French popular song closes with death of singer Georges Moustaki

Troubadour of love, tenderness and anti-racism gave France some of its best-loved music

Maastricht was chosen to test the ban on “drugs tourists” from May 1st last year because its location on the borders with Germany and France means it attracts some 1.6 million visitors to its 13 city centre coffee shops every year. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire Dutch cannabis cafe ban in doubt after trial run in Maastricht
  • Europe
  • Peter Cluskey
  • May 25, 2013, 01:00

Test implementation of plan to ban foreigners from buying and consuming cannabis degenerates into chaos

The mother and stepfather of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, Lyn and Ian Rigby, and his wife Rebecca Rigby, grieve as his stepfather reads a family statement, at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, yesterday in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Photogaph: PA/Getty Distraught Rigby family struggle to come to terms with loss

‘You don’t expect something like that on your doorstep,’ says stepfather

Police forensics officers remove evidence from a flat at Macey House, in Greenwich, southeast London, yesterday. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire We must not overreact to Woolwich terror act, warns Clegg

Deputy prime minister under renewed attack for blocking terrorism legislation

Demonstrators carry a poster depicting a caricature of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon’s Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a protest in Kafranbel, near Idlib, yesterday. Photograph: Raed al-Fares/Reuters Syrian regime agrees to take part in peace talks

Damascus names envoys to attend Russian-US sponsored conference

Worshippers leave the Plumstead Mosque in Woolwich, London, after prayers yesterday. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters Local Muslims express shock at Woolwich killing

Public lay hundreds of bouquets in memory of murdered soldier Lee Rigby

In a city of which comic Roberto Benigni once joked that the number one problem was not the Mafia but rather traffic congestion, the new trams have been eagerly awaited ever since work began back in 2006 on a 15km, three-line tram system. Photograph: Getty Images Palermo tram scheme goes off the rails

Sicilian capital has trams but does not have rail system to run them on

British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said Islam was “perverted” by the two men who were shot by police in the wake of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images British faith leaders unite in condemnation of Woolwich terrorist murder
  • UK
  • May 25, 2013, 01:00

Muslim and Christian community leaders urge people to combat hatred together

The sale of alcohol will be prohibited near mosques and educational centres under new laws passed in Turkey. Photograph: David Jones/PA Wire Turkey restricts sale of alcohol

Government says new laws will protect youth from harm but opponents accuse them of imposing Islamic agenda

Paul and Coral Jones leave Mold Crown Court, North Wales after the defence in the trial of Mark Bridger who is accused of murdering their five-year-old daughter April. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire Man accused of murdering April Jones ‘can’t remember’ what he did with body
  • UK
  • May 24, 2013, 16:41

Mark Bridger says he accidentally killed five-year-old but was ‘drunk and panicking’

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake originated in the Sea of Okhotsk today. Image: Google Maps Powerful earthquake hits Russia

Tremors felt in Moscow, 7,000km from epicentre

BBC director-general Tony Hall said the compay’s digital archive project ‘has wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers’ money’. Photograph: Clara Molden/PA Wire BBC scraps archive plan after wasting £100 million
  • UK
  • May 24, 2013, 15:21

‘Serious concerns’ raised over management of Digital Media Initiative

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Demonstrators shout Islamic slogans as they wave Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul yesterday. The sign reads: “Being silent means to be take part in the crime of Baath.” Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference
An Orthodox Christian activist clashes with gay rights activists as they take part in a march across Kiev today. Photography: Reuters/Gleb Garanich Ukraine's first gay march held under police protection
Relatives of seventeen children who died after a gas cylinder exploded on a school bus, mourn over their coffins, on the outskirts of Gujrat. Photograph: Mohsin Raza Pakistan bus fire kills 16 schoolchildren
Members of the community look at floral tributes close to the scene where Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images MI5 ‘offered job to Woolwich suspect’

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